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Bruce Faulconer
Bruce Laland Faulconer is an American composer, musician, and music producer. He is the President of Faulconer Productions Music Corporation and its CakeMix Recording Studio, based in Dallas, Texas. Faulconer wrote the score for 243 episodes of the Cartoon Network version of the Japanese animated series Dragon Ball Z which aired in America from 1999 to 2003 and composed the theme tune of the US version of the 1991 film Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug. He has since released a remastered nine album volume series of his works, The Best of Dragonball Z.
He has written numerous works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, choral music and instrumental groups since the 1960s. A number of his works have been performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and others and he has worked extensively with various universities and colleges, most notably the University of Texas. Compositions include "Saxophone and Percussion" (1972), "Music for Chamber Orchestra" (1975), "Interface I" (1978), "Fantasia for Solo Viola (1980), "Sonata for flute and piano" (1986) and "Washington-on-the-Brazos, a Symphonic Poem" (1986), "Fantasia No. 2 for Solo Viola" (1990), and "Dragon Amnesty"—a Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (2020).
Since 2020 he has collaborated with children's author Chris Parsons in composing songs for his children's audiobook series, A Little Spark, which is to be adapted into an animated children's TV series. Faulconer has composed for numerous commercials, and in March 1995 he won a Golden ADDY Award at the American Advertising Awards for composing the music to a hunting commercial.
Faulconer was born in Dallas, Texas, to a naval aviator father. Due to his father's career, the family lived in various locations, including California, Florida, Hawaii and New Jersey. At ten years of age, he began piano lessons and began composing music after his teacher taught him the fundamentals of music notation.
His high school band director noticed his talent and requested that he arrange one of his compositions for the band to play, which led to him conducting the piece when it was performed at a spring concert. In 1968, while in Point Mugu, California, he composed the entire music, with the exception of two hymns, for Scout Sunday in the Protestant services at the Point Mugu Missile Base. His compositions included an anthem called "They Shall Not Want " for the chapel choir, a choral introduction to the service, a benediction, a choral entitled "Amen", and a Prelude and Postlude for a brass trio in which he played lead trumpet. Boys' Life described his music as "somewhat unconventional in its fresh, bold style, and warm and rich in appeal".
Faulconer enrolled at the University of Texas to study aerospace engineering. Unable to forget about music, he asked the director of composition at the music department for permission to take the final exam in music theory; after achieving a high grade, he changed his major to music, studying under resident composer Hunter Johnson. Faulconer earned a Bachelor of Music degree with high honors in theory and composition, a Master of Music in composition, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in composition.
Faulconer was subsequently awarded two Ohio State University presidential postdoctoral fellowships and an Ohio Arts Council grant. While living in Ohio, he taught music for a period at Denison University in Granville. He then settled in Dallas, where he continued to teach for a few years and began composing for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
In 1971, Faulconer registered the copyright for the composition "Suite No. 3". In 1972 he won second place for a composition named "Saxophone and Percussion" in the World Saxophone Congress Composition competition. In 1973, Faulconer's "Septet" was performed by the New Music Ensemble at the University of Texas. In 1975, he received the first prize of $500 in the first annual Shenna Meeker Memorial Composer's Competition, which led to his piece "Music for Chamber Orchestra" being performed by the Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra on May 2 of that year. At this time he was working as a teaching assistant in music theory at the University of Texas while working on a doctorate in music composition under Karl Korte.
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Bruce Faulconer
Bruce Laland Faulconer is an American composer, musician, and music producer. He is the President of Faulconer Productions Music Corporation and its CakeMix Recording Studio, based in Dallas, Texas. Faulconer wrote the score for 243 episodes of the Cartoon Network version of the Japanese animated series Dragon Ball Z which aired in America from 1999 to 2003 and composed the theme tune of the US version of the 1991 film Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug. He has since released a remastered nine album volume series of his works, The Best of Dragonball Z.
He has written numerous works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, piano, choral music and instrumental groups since the 1960s. A number of his works have been performed by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and others and he has worked extensively with various universities and colleges, most notably the University of Texas. Compositions include "Saxophone and Percussion" (1972), "Music for Chamber Orchestra" (1975), "Interface I" (1978), "Fantasia for Solo Viola (1980), "Sonata for flute and piano" (1986) and "Washington-on-the-Brazos, a Symphonic Poem" (1986), "Fantasia No. 2 for Solo Viola" (1990), and "Dragon Amnesty"—a Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (2020).
Since 2020 he has collaborated with children's author Chris Parsons in composing songs for his children's audiobook series, A Little Spark, which is to be adapted into an animated children's TV series. Faulconer has composed for numerous commercials, and in March 1995 he won a Golden ADDY Award at the American Advertising Awards for composing the music to a hunting commercial.
Faulconer was born in Dallas, Texas, to a naval aviator father. Due to his father's career, the family lived in various locations, including California, Florida, Hawaii and New Jersey. At ten years of age, he began piano lessons and began composing music after his teacher taught him the fundamentals of music notation.
His high school band director noticed his talent and requested that he arrange one of his compositions for the band to play, which led to him conducting the piece when it was performed at a spring concert. In 1968, while in Point Mugu, California, he composed the entire music, with the exception of two hymns, for Scout Sunday in the Protestant services at the Point Mugu Missile Base. His compositions included an anthem called "They Shall Not Want " for the chapel choir, a choral introduction to the service, a benediction, a choral entitled "Amen", and a Prelude and Postlude for a brass trio in which he played lead trumpet. Boys' Life described his music as "somewhat unconventional in its fresh, bold style, and warm and rich in appeal".
Faulconer enrolled at the University of Texas to study aerospace engineering. Unable to forget about music, he asked the director of composition at the music department for permission to take the final exam in music theory; after achieving a high grade, he changed his major to music, studying under resident composer Hunter Johnson. Faulconer earned a Bachelor of Music degree with high honors in theory and composition, a Master of Music in composition, and a Doctorate of Musical Arts in composition.
Faulconer was subsequently awarded two Ohio State University presidential postdoctoral fellowships and an Ohio Arts Council grant. While living in Ohio, he taught music for a period at Denison University in Granville. He then settled in Dallas, where he continued to teach for a few years and began composing for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
In 1971, Faulconer registered the copyright for the composition "Suite No. 3". In 1972 he won second place for a composition named "Saxophone and Percussion" in the World Saxophone Congress Composition competition. In 1973, Faulconer's "Septet" was performed by the New Music Ensemble at the University of Texas. In 1975, he received the first prize of $500 in the first annual Shenna Meeker Memorial Composer's Competition, which led to his piece "Music for Chamber Orchestra" being performed by the Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra on May 2 of that year. At this time he was working as a teaching assistant in music theory at the University of Texas while working on a doctorate in music composition under Karl Korte.